Category: Fiqh
The selling price will be used when calculating zakat
Question: At the time of calculating zakat on merchandise (like clothing etc.) will we use the cost price or the selling price? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما…
Is there zakat on the ingredients used in a restaurant?
Question: In the restaurant business there is always around $10,000 of raw material (ingredients) like flour, oil, sugar etc. in stock. This stock is also…
Is there Zakat on security deposits?
Question: In Mumbai when renting a house there is a custom of taking a deposit with the rent. It is very difficult to get a…
Reciting a surah in the 1st rak’ah then skipping a surah and reciting the one that comes after in the 2nd rak’ah
Question: If a person had recited Kafiroon and then Nasr in the first two rak’ahs of Witr, then how is it to recite surah Ikhlaas…
The bathing, shrouding and janazah of a body on which a post-mortem examination was conducted
Question: A person died in an accident. A post-mortem examination was conducted on him. His body was then sent to his home three days later….
Removal of Interred Body from the Grave
Removal of Interred Body from the Grave By Mufti Bilaal Cassim POSTED: 29 ZUL-QA’DAH 1423, 1 FEBRUARY 2003 CHECKED AND APPROVED: Mufti Ebrahim Desai Q.) What…
Menopause and Haidh; A Misconception
In many books of Islamic Jurisprudence the issue of haidh (menstrual cycles) and menopause is discussed. Some Fuqaha say that there is no specified age…
The Job is not a valid excuse for missing Jumuah
Question: Zaib, Bakr and Umar are Hanafis and they work in a company in the city. Due to their jobs, they do not find the…
Alcohol in Perfumes
Question: What is the ruling concerning applying perfumes that are available in the market nowadays? What is the ruling of performing salah after applying such…
To recite in the seven qiraat in Salah
Question: How is it to recite in the seven qiraats in salah for the one who knows it? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما Salah is correct and…